Shoe shining device



1949- J. H. ARNONE ETAL 2,477,713

SHOE SHINING DEVICE Filed Feb. 20, 1948 446 Fig.2.

7 Jseph H. Arna ne 22 Joseph/1791M. Arno/1e INVENTORS ,"j BY I I M ArtePatented Aug. 2, 1949 NT OFFICE SHOE SHINING DEVICE Joseph H. Arnone andJosephineM. Arncne, Kansas City, Mo.

Application February 20, 1948, Serial No. 9,728

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoe shiningdevices and the primary object of the present invention is to provide anovel and improved shoe shining device so designed as to permit a userto conveniently shine his shoes while standing erect.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a shoeshining device including a polishing band and novel and improved meansfor guiding the movement of the band during frictional engagement withthe surface of a shoe.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a shoe shiningdevice including a base supporting a pair of guides, a polishing clothdisposed under the guides and over the base, and novel and improvedmeans for retaining the cloth spaced above of the base so that a usermay quickly and readily extend his shoe between the base and cloth.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a shoeshining device that is small and compact in structure, simple andpractical in construction, strong and reliable in use, neat andattractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, andotherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part thereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective of the present invention and showing in dottedlines a shoe applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken substantiallyon the plane of section line 22 of Figure 1; and,

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken substantially onthe plane of section line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, the numeral l represents a substantially rectangularpreferably open base formed of a plurality of laminated layers ofsuitable material.

Fixed in any suitable manner to the upper face of the base It, is asubstantially rectangular foot rest I2 having a forward end l4, a rearend [6 and a pair of longitudinal side edges I8.

Rigidly secured to the sides of the base [0 are the inwardly turned ends2|] of a pair of substantially U shaped guides 22 which are spaced 2parallel to the side edges l8 of the foot rest l2 and in a plane belowthe upper face of the foot rest [2.

Extending under the guides 22 and over the foot rest [2, is asubstantially rectangular cloth or polishing band 24 having free endportions 25 and 25, the corners of which are folded inward and areprovided with apertures 28 that oppose further apertures 30 formed inthe end portions 25 and 26.

Slidably positioned on a pair of connecting cords or flexible lines 32and 34, is a pair of hand grips 36 and 38. The free ends ct these lines32 and 34 extend through the apertures .28 and 30 and are tied theretoso that by pulling upwardly on one of the grips, for example grip 36,the other grip, 38, will be pulled downwardly and the band it will moveback and forth over the foot rest as the grips 36 and 38 are alternatelypulled upwardly.

Removably secured by a bolt or the like 42 to the forward end of thebase I0, is the forward end 44 of a rearwardly and upwardly curved,arcuate and resilient support arm 46 the free end 48 of which isdisposed centrally over the foot rest l2. A flexible cord 50 dependsfrom the free end 48 of the support arm 46 and is connected to thepolishing band 24 to retain the band 24 raised above the foot rest l2 asshown in the drawings so that a users foot may be extended into theraised or looped portion 52 of the band 25.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A shoe polisher comprising a base, a pair of guides carried by saidbase, a polishing band disposed under the guides and over the base,means for retaining the polishing bands spaced above the base, and handgripping means carried by the polishing band, said retaining meansincluding a resilient support carried by the base, and a hangerdepending from the support and engaging the polishing band.

2. A shoe polisher comprising a base, a foot 2,477,713 o. 3 4 rest fixedon the base including a pair of longi- REFERENCES CITED tudinal sideedges, a pair of guides carried by the base and spaced relative to theside edges of the foot rest, a polishing band disposed under the Thefollowing references are of record in the file of this patent:

guides and over the foot rest said band incIud- 5 UNITED STATES PATENTSmg end portions, means carried by the base for retaining the band spacedabove the foot rest, Number Name Date a pair of hand grips, and flexibleconnectors 2,427,768 Edingtfln p 23,1947 between the grips and the endportions of the band, said retaining means including an arcuate 10FOREIGN PATENTS resilient support fixed at one end to said base, NumberCountry t and a hanger cord carried by the free end of 24 0 1 GreatBritain 0 1- 17, 139

said support and connected to the band.

JOSEPH H. ARNONE. JOSEPHINE M. ARNONE. 15

